| Connie Saylor | |||||||
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| Born | (1940-06-03)June 3, 1940 Johnson City, Tennessee, U.S. | ||||||
| Died | February 4, 1993(1993-02-04) (aged 52) Bluff City, Tennessee, U.S. | ||||||
| Cause of death | Cancer | ||||||
| NASCARCup Series career | |||||||
| 58 races run over 11 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 39th – 1981NASCARWinston Cup Series season | ||||||
| First race | 1978 Atlanta 500(Atlanta International Raceway) | ||||||
| Last race | 1988 AC Delco 500(North Carolina Motor Speedway) | ||||||
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Conrad Saylor (June 3, 1940 – February 4, 1993)[1] was an American journeymanNASCAR race car driver.
Saylor did one-off events in theWinston Cup Series during the 1980s and early 1990s, and also raced inARCA andlate model sportsman His most well-known moment came in the 1981 Twin 125s, qualifying races for the Daytona 500, in which he spun off turn two and flipped, sliding down the backstretch on his roof for about 1,000 feet. He was uninjured in the crash, and did not qualify for the race. He won a consolation race at Daytona in 1984.
In Winston Cup racing, Saylor picked up his best finish in his debut race, in 1978, eighthRace Graph.
Connie was married to Shirley Nowlin and had two children, Tracy and Tim Saylor. He started a mining and industrial tire and wheel business in Johnson city, Tennessee, in 1977, which is still in operation by his family.
Saylor was fromJohnson City, Tennessee. As verified by his family, he died at the age of 52 from cancer.
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish |
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| 1979 | GC Spencer Racing | Dodge | DNQ | |
| 1981 | GC Spencer Racing | Oldsmobile | DNQ | |
| 1982 | DNQ | |||
| 1983 | DNQ | |||
| 1984 | Lain Racing | Pontiac | DNQ | |
| Adcox Racing | Chevrolet | 36 | 22 | |
| 1985 | Ball Motorsports | Chevrolet | DNQ | |
| 1986 | DNQ | |||
| 1987 | Langley Racing | Ford | 25 | 40 |
| 1988 | Ball Motorsports | Chevrolet | 30 | 39 |
| 1989 | Branch-Ragan Racing | Ford | DNQ | |
| NASCAR Busch Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | NBSC | Pts | Ref |
| 1982 | 4 | Pontiac | DAY 29 | RCH | BRI | MAR | DAR | HCY | SBO | CRW | RCH | LGY | DOV | HCY | CLT 11 | ASH | HCY | SBO | CAR | CRW | SBO | HCY | LGY | IRP | BRI | HCY | RCH | MAR | CLT | HCY | MAR | 97th | 206 | [14] | |||||||
| 1983 | Saylor Racing | 93 | Pontiac | DAY | RCH | CAR | HCY | MAR | NWS | SBO | GPS | LGY | DOV | BRI | CLT | SBO | HCY | ROU | SBO | ROU | CRW | ROU | SBO | HCY | LGY | IRP | GPS | BRI | HCY | DAR 29 | RCH | NWS | SBO | MAR | ROU | CLT | HCY | MAR | 140th | 76 | [15] |
| 1984 | DAY 32 | RCH | CAR | HCY | MAR | DAR | ROU | NSV | LGY | MLW | DOV | CLT | SBO | HCY | ROU | SBO | ROU | HCY | IRP | LGY | SBO | BRI | DAR | RCH | NWS | CLT | HCY | CAR | MAR | 96th | 67 | [16] | |||||||||
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | APSC | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1980 | 2 | Pontiac | DAY | NWS | FRS | FRS | MCH | TAL 21 | IMS | FRS | MCH | NA | 0 | [17] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1984 | 9 | Pontiac | DAY | ATL 36 | NA | 0 | [18] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lain Racing | 37 | Pontiac | TAL 9 | CSP | SMS | FRS | MCS | LCS | IRP | TAL 15 | FRS | ISF | DSF | TOL | MGR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1985 | ATL 21 | DAY | ATL | TAL | ATL | SSP | IRP | CSP | FRS | IRP | OEF | ISF | DSF | TOL | 120th | - | [19] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1986 | Chevy | ATL 17 | DAY | ATL | TAL | SIR | SSP | FRS | KIL | CSP | 52nd | - | [20] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Langley Racing | 64 | Ford | TAL 10 | BLN | ISF | DSF | TOL | MCS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ball Motorsports | 98 | Chevy | ATL 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||